wake up! 16b

A deep technical breakdown of a 16-byte x86 real-mode DOS demo released at the Outline Demoparty 2026. The code initializes VGA text mode, then uses a tight loop with XOR operations on video memory to generate an infinite Sierpinski triangle fractal. The same byte values controlling the fractal's geometry are simultaneously sent to PC speaker port 61h, where Bit 1 drives the speaker cone — making the fractal's structure directly audible as square-wave audio. The post explains the mathematics behind the XOR/Rule 60 cellular automaton, how a -56 byte step size affects frequency (dropping output by one octave vs. a 16-byte step), how the loop maps to 10 visual columns on an 80-byte screen width, and why the remaining bits sent to port 61h are harmless in standard DOS environments.